Why Drogba Lost Ivory Coast FA Election - Babayaro

Why Drogba Lost Ivory Coast FA Election - Babayaro

By Niyi Busari

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Emmanuel Babayaro has revealed that he was shocked and unable to comprehend Didier Drogba’s defeat in the Ivorian football presidential election.

The ex-Chelsea star was tipped as the favourite to defeat challengers Idriss Diallo and Sory Diabate to the office.

In Sunday’s election conducted among former Cote d’Ivoire players through video conferencing, the two-time African Player of the Year scored zero out of the 14 votes available.

As well as Drogba, incumbent vice-president Diallo got no votes as league president Diabate reaped 11 ballots, while three withdrew.

Didier Zokora, who was Drogba’s assistant captain, shockingly was among the retired players who failed to approve the 42-year-old.

Nonetheless, Nigeria ex-international Emmanuel Babayaro who is gloomy about the outcome tries to find answers to what went wrong.

"My brother did you see Drogba score zero in a vote cast by ex internationals in his country? Have you noticed how many players union we have? And ex internationals Union too? Can you see what is happening to Fuludu and Ikpeba with very scarce support from their constituency of ex internationals? That is the lot of African players, envy, jealousy, hate etc. Synergy is near impossible for now.

“First, I will attribute this to envy because most times, ex-internationals seem to envy themselves especially when one is thriving, there are so much envy and bad blood,” Emmanuel Babayaro told BSN Sports on a Nigeria prominent Whatsapp platform (NSM).

Didier Drogba's shock loss in the Cote d'Ivoire Football Association to Sory Diabete was hard for many football fans to believe.